Cabinet-organ case



(No Model.)

O. G. WHITNEY.

CABINET ORGAN CASE.

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N. PETERS. Phnln-Lilhngrapher. Washington. D, c.

the pedals.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ORISON G. WHITNEY, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

CABINET-ORGAN CASE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,752, dated January3, 1882. Application filed September 6, 1880. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, ORISON C. WHITNEY, ofCleveland, in the county ofOuyahoga and State of Ohio, have inventedcertain new and useful Im provemeutsinOabinet-OrganGases,ofwhich thefollowing is a specification.

These improvements consist of a ped al-opeuiug slide-cover, a tiltingframe for fall-board, and a music-rest arranged as a music-book andsheet-music receptacle, as hereinafter described and claimed.

The nature and objects of these im provements will fully appear from thesubjoined (lescription when considered in connection with theaccompanying drawings, in which-- Figure l is a front elevation. Fig. 2is a vertical cross-section. Fig. 3 is a detached view of the tiltingframe. Figs. 4 and 5 are detail views, showing grooves (it in frame forslidecover to pedal-opening and ears on the fallboard, respectively.

A is the opening in the front of the organ, in which the pedals areoperated. This opening allows dust, mice, and insects to enter. My firstimprovementis to prevent this. I accomplish it by cutting a' groove, (1,in each side of the frame-work and providing a slide-lid, B, which maybe raised or lowered by the foot of the operator. The lid is providedwith ears I) b, which slidein the said gfioves a. To retain the lid inthe raised position a notch, (12, is cut in connection with thegroove,into which the lower ears drop and sustain the lid. To lower thelid it is lifted slightly with the foot, which releases it from thenotch. Then it is allowed to slide down by itsown gravity.

Asecond or auxiliary lid or trap, O, is hinged just inside of the upperedge of the pedal-opening, which extends across to the upper edge ofThis is raised and held up by the feet of the operator while playing,but which falls down and rests on the upper end of the pedals when thefeet are removed.

1) is a fall-board, which covers the keys. This is attached to a tiltingframe, (1, the feet of which are pivoted to blocks 11 on the board d.The top corners of said frame have short arms 0 e, to which thefall-board is attached by ears e e on its upper corners, said earshaving slots cut in their lower ends,that fit onto pins fixed in thearms 0 e, the slots being closed by a button, 0. This enables the boardto be removed when desired. The two uprights of the frame are con nectedtogether by a bar, f,which, when the board and frameare tilted, preventsone end from moving faster than the other and catching or binding. Withthe use of this tiltingframe the fall-board readily dropsinto place,either forward or back, after passing the center of gravity.

G is a music-rest, which covers an opening in the front of the case,through which musicbooks and sheet-music may be put into a receptacle inthe upper part of the case therefor.

The said music-rest G is hinged to the front edge of a lid, H, whichcovers said receptacle. It can be raised to a horizontal position toopen the front, and by raising it still farther the lid H is raised withit and uncovers said receptacle, as seen in dotted lines, Fig. 2.

Having described my invention, I claim- 1. The lid 13, provided with theears I) b, arranged and adapted to slide in the grooves act, havingnotches a in theframe-work of the case, to afford a covering for thepedal-opening, as set forth.

2. The tilting frame consisting of the two uprights d d, connected bybarf, and pivoted to blocks 01 d on the board d, and provided with theshort arms 6 c, to which the fall-board D is attached by the ears 6 0,having buttons 6, all arranged to operate as and for the purposespecified.

3. The music-rest G, hinged to the front edge of the lid H, the saidrest G forming a covering to the front opening, and the lid H a cover onthe top of the music-receptacle, as shown and described.

0. O. WHITNEY.

Witnesses:

GEo. W. TIEEIrrs, G. D. OOoNNoE.

